Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. EDITORIAL NOTE vii
4. ONE. Chiefs, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa 1
5. TWO. African Chiefs and the Post– Cold War Moment 49
6. THREE. Chieftaincy, Land, and the State in Ghana and South Africa 79
7. FOUR. The Salience of Chiefs in Postapartheid South Africa 110
8. FIVE. The Politics of States and Chiefs in Zimbabwe 134
9. SIX. Paramount Chiefs, Land, and Local- National Politics in Sierra Leone 162
10. SEVEN. Republic of Kings 183
11. EIGHT. Corporate Kings and South Africa’s Traditional- Industrial Complex 211
12. NINE. The Currency of Chieftaincy 231
13. TEN. Fallen Chiefs and Sacrifi cial Mining in Ghana 247
14. ELEVEN. Colonizing Banro 279
15. TWELVE. Third Contact 305
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 337
17. CONTRIBUTORS 339
18. INDEX 343